Jimothey Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Hi all I’m having an issue with my 51 style p bass wiring the volume of the pickup was really low so I changed the pots which sorted out that problem but the tone pot also does the volume I’ve checked the wiring and it’s all correct, I changed the cap just in case and that made no difference either I think I recall hearing somewhere that it could be an issue with the coil wires on the pickup? Does that sound like it could be the cause? or have I got my wires crossed (sorry bad pun!!!) Any advice would be great thanks 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 A photo (or more) with close up of the wiring might help. Maybe one lug of the tone pot is earthed (or touching the shielding), this would mean it's acting like volume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimothey Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 26 minutes ago, Hellzero said: A photo (or more) with close up of the wiring might help. Maybe one lug of the tone pot is earthed (or touching the shielding), this would mean it's acting like volume. That was my initial thought but it’s not touching anywhere I’ll put some pictures on when I get home later 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 There are a couple of ways to wire a tone pot, one ("modern") being much more common than the other ("50's style" vintage), which would be even more unusual on a bass but not totally out of the question. The "vintage" wiring means that the tone could have a bigger influence on the volume too Photos would help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimothey Posted October 7, 2023 Author Share Posted October 7, 2023 Sorry for not posting pics sooner but here’s the wiring and the diagram I used Bizarrely I’m getting output but when I test the pickup with a multimeter I’m not getting any resistance? 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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